After
Nader Shah achieved victory against India, he subsequently withdrew in 1747 CE. Rania was taken over by the
Bhatti Ranghar Rajput freebooter Muhammad Hassan Khan took the possession of Rania, Fatehabad and Rania, and he remained in ongoing tussle with
Jat Sikh ruler of
Patiala and
Jind States for the control of this tract. In 1768 CE
Johiya chieftain Kamruddin took over Rania, Fatehabad and Sirsa. In 1774 CE, Jat Sikh ruler of Patiala State, Amar Singh, snatched the
paraganas of Rania, Fatehabad and Rania from Bhatti Ranghar Rajput chieftain Muhammad Amir Khan who withdrew to his
Bhatner fort (
Hanumangarh). In 1774 CE,
Mughal forces under
Mirza Najaf Khan and
Raja Jai Singh signed a treaty with Jat Sikhs and Bikaner state under which
Tosham,
Hisar,
Hansi,
Meham and
Rohtak were restored to Mughals and Raja Jai Singh became Nazim of Hisar
sirkar; Rania-Fathebad-Sirsa tract was restorrd to Bhatti chiefs under Bikaner state; and Jat Sikhs kept the rest of their territory annexed by them in North Haryana (
Narwana,
Jind and
Kaithal). After the death of Najaf Ali Khan, the weak Mughal Empire under
Shah Alam II invited
Maratha Empire's who took over the whole of Haryana by 1792 CE under
Mahadaji Sindhia.
George Thomas who held this area under Marathas, became independent ruler of this tract in 1798 Ce, but in 1801 Maratha Confederacy ruled by
Daulat Rao Sindhia, led by their French-origin general
Pierre Cuillier-Perron who allied with Jat Sikhs ruler of Jind, expelled George Thomas from Haryana. Ongoing feud among Bhattis, Johiyas, Jats, Skihs, Marathas and Mughals, weakened them all and this tract came under
British Raj] in 1803. A
baoli built in early 1st century in the mixed style of
Turkish hammam and
Indian well was buried during
1975-77 emergency to build a market. During
British Raj,
"the village of Rania was home to Amiban, main mistress to William Fraser, a brother of James Baillie Fraser, and his two Anglo-Indian sons and daughter." During the
first war of independence in 1857,
Raja Nahar Singh the
Jat ruler of Ballabhgarh,
Rao Tula Ram ruler of
Rewari and
Nawab Noor Samad Khan of Rania all played key role. There were significant number Muslims who left during
India-Pakistan partition in 1947. There are many old buildings in the town including mosques and a
fort which is still in use as the police station. Rania town was a part of the old
Punjab Region and became part of
Haryana in 1966. ==Geography==